Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) is 9.53% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $68.03 and a high of $183.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The NTRA stock was last observed hovering at around $170.73 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.66%.
Currently trading at $173.39, the stock is 1.23% and 3.02% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.57 million and changing 1.56% at the moment leaves the stock 32.09% off its SMA200. NTRA registered 153.49% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 46.32%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $168.3112 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $131.2628.
The stock witnessed a 1.78% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 28.32%, and is 0.33% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.34% over the week and 4.36% over the month.
Natera Inc (NTRA) has around 3293 employees, a market worth around $22.89B and $1.53B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -14.01%. Distance from 52-week low is 154.87% and -5.25% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-16.98%).
with sales reaching $447.91M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 60.38% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 50.74% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 43.97% in year-over-year returns.
Natera Inc (NTRA) Top Institutional Holders
788.0 institutions hold shares in Natera Inc (NTRA), with institutional investors hold 99.83% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 124.14M, and float is at 117.75M with Short Float at 3.79%. Institutions hold 95.53% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 11.27 million shares valued at $1.22 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.3316% of the NTRA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 6.77 million shares valued at $733.28 million to account for 5.6049 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are JPMORGAN CHASE & CO which holds 6.07 million shares representing 4.9375% and valued at over $656.87 million, while FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 4.356 of the shares totaling 5.26 million with a market value of $569.89 million.
Natera Inc (NTRA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Moshkevich Solomon, the company’s PRESIDENT, CLINICALDIAGNOSTICS. SEC filings show that Moshkevich Solomon sold 1,632 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 06 ’25 at a price of $177.77 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.15 million shares.
Natera Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 06 ’25 that Fesko John (PRESIDENT, CHIEF BUS. OFFICER) sold a total of 663 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 06 ’25 and was made at $177.77 per share for $0.12 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.16 million shares of the NTRA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 03 ’25, Brophy Michael Burkes (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) disposed off 43,502 shares at an average price of $176.88 for $7.69 million. The insider now directly holds 70,629 shares of Natera Inc (NTRA).
